Oluwole Adeosun

Oluwole Alani Adeosun (1938–2012) was a Nigerian banker, accountant and public servant. He served as chief executive officer of NAL Merchant Bank from 1979 to 1987 before becoming managing director and chief executive officer of First Bank of Nigeria between 1987 and 1990.

In 1993, he was appointed Secretary of Transport in the Transitional National Government of Nigeria headed by Ernest Shonekan.

Adeosun also played significant roles in Nigeria's indigenisation programme and served in leadership positions within the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN), the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and the Anglican community in Abeokuta and Lagos.

Early life and education

Adeosun was born in Abeokuta and was of Egba heritage. He attended Abeokuta Grammar School before joining the Western Region Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources in Ibadan in 1959 as an agricultural assistant trainee. He later received a scholarship to study in the United Kingdom, attending Holborn College before earning a degree in economics from the University of Bradford in 1967.

He was appointed CEO of NAL in 1979. In 1987, he became managing director of First Bank.